Indigenous Governance Database

Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality

Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality
Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality
Author
ICTMN Staff
Producer
Indian Country Today
Year

Meeting the dual goal of environmental stewardship and sustainability, the Forest County Potawatomi Community has opened its newly constructed $20 million Renewable Energy Facility, which will convert area food waste into enough electricity to power 1,500 homes.

It was the fruition of a project first proposed two years ago, and ground was broken in July 2012...

alternative energy
environmental protection
renewable energy
renewable energy resources
sustainability
Native Nations
Forest County Potawatomi
Resource Type
News and Opinion
Topics
Economic and Community Development
Environment and Natural Resources
Governance
Citation

ICT Staff. "Potawatomi $20 Million Feedstock-to-Energy Conversion Plant Becomes Reality." Indian Country Today. October 29, 2013. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/potawatomi-20-million-feedstock-to-energy-conversion-plant-becomes-reality, accessed June 3, 2024)

Related Resources

Indian Country Today Article

Catalyx and Ramona Tribe Start Work on 100% Off-Grid Renewable Energy Eco Tourism Resort

Catalyx, Inc. has been contracted to be the technology provider and will team with the Ramona Band of the Cahuilla Indian Tribe to develop the Tribe's Eco-Tourism resort near Anza, Calif. The first of its kind, the Ramona Band of Cahuilla Mission Native Americans' resort is designed as a 100% off-…

Henry Red Cloud Leads the Renewable-Energy Charge at Pine Ridge

Henry Red Cloud Leads the Renewable-Energy Charge at Pine Ridge

There is a revolution under way to bring renewable resources to Native American people. Led by modern-day warrior Henry Red Cloud, a direct fifth generation descendent of Red Cloud, the famous Lakota war chief, and Trees, Water & People (TWP), inroads are being made one home and one business at…

Council of Energy Resource Tribes Enters $3 Billion Biofuels and Bioenergy Agreement

Council of Energy Resource Tribes Enters $3 Billion Biofuels and Bioenergy Agreement

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT), an Inter-Tribal organization comprised of 54 U.S. tribes and four First Nation Treaty Tribes of Canada, has entered into a long-term development agreement for up to $3 billion in biofuels and bioenergy projects, states a CERT press release...